Audiences hopefully won’t have to live forever to see a musical adaptation of “Tuck Everlasting†hit Broadway, but they are going to have to wait a little longer for it. The producers of a new musical based on that Natalie Babbitt children’s novel, about a girl who meets a boy from a family of immortals, said that its planned world premiere in Boston would be delayed because there were no theaters in New York where the musical could transfer.
Press representatives for “Tuck Everlasting,†which was to run at the Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston from July 28 through August 18, said in a statement that the production “has been postponed due to a lack of theater availability for its planned subsequent production in New York.â€
The statement did not specify new dates for the Boston performances and said, “Future plans for the production will be announced at a later date.†The “Tuck Everlasting†musical features a book by Claudia Shear (“Dirty Blondeâ€), music by Chris Miller (“The Burnt Part Boysâ€) and lyrics by Nathan Tysen (“The Burnt Part Boysâ€). It is directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw (“The Book of Mormonâ€).
